Cover Crops An essential tool for sustainable cropping systems

Keeping it green keeps the water clean

30th Anniversary growing conservation for 30 years

World Congress of Conservation Agriculture

Conservatoin Technology Information Center
Scholarship FundBringing new voices and new insights to the missions of putting conservation on the ground

CTIC champions, promotes and provides information about comprehensive
conservation and sustainable agricultural systems that are beneficial for soil, water, air and wildlife
resources and are productive and profitable for agriculture.

Lessening the pain

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nov. 17 “Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin,” only 54 percent of the nation’s corn crop had been harvested, compared to the five-year average of 89 percent at that date – the slowest rate in 35 years.

Mosaic takes pride in its efforts to increase sustainability, and the Mosaic 2009 Sustainability Report highlights these efforts. In 2009, Mosaic became CTIC's first Gold Corporate Member, recognizing CTIC's value in helping the company meet its sustainability goals.

A group of agriculture and conservation stakeholders in the Pacific Northwest is working to devise strategies that will ease the transition of land protected under the Conservation Reserve Program to no-till production systems.

The fertilizer industry endorses best management practices based on the use of the right fertilizer source at the right rate, right time and right place to protect the environment and support the efficient production of nutritious, abundant and affordable food.